As if America’s stupidity and humiliation were not already enough, we now learn this: When President Barack Obama released five Taliban commanders from the Guantanamo Bay prison in exchange for an American deserter in 2014, he assured a wary public … Continue reading →
Just a dishonorable discharge and a fine: Bergdahl’s attorneys asked the judge for leniency during sentencing hearings, arguing he had a previously undiagnosed mental illness when he left his post. “Hypothetically, he probably should not have been in the Army,” … Continue reading →
Bowe Bergdahl has pleaded guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, and this article reminds us—if anyone needed reminding—what a terrible deal Obama made for him, and what a farce his welcome-home ceremony and the publicity around it was: … Continue reading →
Just when you thought the Bergdahl story couldn’t get any worse—it does. Did the White House scuttle, or at the very least ignore, a better Bergdahl prisoner exchange deal and replace it with the one we got, in order to … Continue reading →
It’s about time: Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the U.S. soldier who was recovered in Afghanistan last spring after five years in captivity, faces charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, his lawyer said Wednesday. Eugene Fidell, Bergdahl’s attorney, told The … Continue reading →
Expect to read a lot more articles like this one in your friendly neighborhood MSM, entitled “The Bergdahl boomerang: GOP lawmakers who long urged a rescue now sour on the idea.” The article isn’t quite as lopsided as the headline … Continue reading →
The best defense is a good offense, and after a couple of days of initial scrambling the administration and its defenders have fastened on their approach to defending Obama on Bergdahl. It consists of the following: (1) Trying various lies … Continue reading →
Nothing about the Bergdahl/Taliban affair should have surprised me—or, for that matter, you. Nothing. Not Obama’s audacity, nor his disregard of prior bipartisan warnings in Congress or from the intelligence community, nor his aides’ attempts to discredit those from Bergdahl’s … Continue reading →
There’s a growing sense that, at least for now, the Bergdahl prisoner exchange and its fallout has the left spooked. Maybe Obama will weasel out of this mess, too, either by way of the same tricks that have extricated him … Continue reading →
It became clear as soon as the background information about Bergdahl began coming out that the left would say the right was swiftboating Bergdahl. After all, as I wrote previously here, “swiftboating”: …has become a synonym for “a political low … Continue reading →
…according to former U.S. Army Sgt. Josh Korder, who served with Berghdahl in Afghanistan. There is really almost no other conclusion one can draw from the facts that are coming out about Bergdahl’s departure from his unit five years ago. … Continue reading →
And it was already plenty thick enough. Reaction in Kabul: On the streets of the capital Kabul many expressed anger at the decision to release the five men, a contrast with scenes of celebration in Bergdahl’s home town in Idaho. … Continue reading →